Topic

Wall outlet boxes

Applicable to

all

History

Priority

must

Mar 2023

Removed

An existing control relating to wall outlet boxes having connectors on different sides of the wall outlet box when different systems use the same wall outlet box was rescinded as it provided limited benefit given such connectors should already be individually labelled according to the systems they belong to.

Dec 2021

Wall outlet boxes have connectors on opposite sides of the wall outlet box if the cable group contains cables belonging to different systems.

Miscellaneous changes were made to rationale and security controls throughout the publication. This included:

• A review from the Using the Information Security Manual chapter through to the Guidelines for Media chapter.

• Security controls suitable for all audiences have been identified with the ‘All’ applicability marking while additional security controls suitable for just government audiences have been identified with the O, P, S and TS applicability markings.

• Security controls suitable for specific classifications have been amended to include their classification(s) in the wording of the security controls to reduce the reliance on applicability markings to confer suitability.

• Tables in security controls have been converted into prose to allow for inclusion in the SSP annex template and the XML list of security controls.

• The use of ‘official’ and ‘highly classified’ terminology has been replaced with specific classifications to remove ambiguity.

• Security controls relating to high assurance ICT equipment have had their applicability narrowed to ‘S, TS’ reflecting that they are intended for the protection of SECRET and TOP SECRET systems and data.

Mar 2021

Wall outlet boxes have connectors on opposite sides of the wall outlet box if the cable group contains cables belonging to different classifications.

Security control 1104 was re-scoped to cable group one as that is the only cable group that has cables of different classifications that can share a wall outlet box.

Jan 2021

Cable groups sharing a wall outlet box use fibre-optic cables and different connectors on opposite sides of the wall outlet for each group.

Dec 2019

Cable groups sharing a wall outlet box use fibre-optic cables and different connectors on opposite sides of the wall outlet for each group.

Security controls 1104 and 1105 were modified slightly to ensure consistency of terminology throughout the publication.

Nov 2019

Cable groups sharing a wall outlet use fibre-optic cables and different connectors on opposite sides of the wall outlet for each group.

2015

Cable groups sharing a wall outlet must:• use fibre optic cables• use different connectors on opposite sides of the wall outlet for each group.

2010

Cable groups sharing a wall outlet must:• use fibre optic cabling• use different connectors on opposite sides of the wall outlet for each group.